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Civic Association Meeting Tuesday
Tomorrow (Tuesday) night is the monthly meeting of the LeDroit Park Civic Association. On the agenda: Park update 1922 Third Street presentation – Developer Grant Epstein will present his proposal for...
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7-11 at Seventh and Florida
It’s confirmed. A 7-11 is coming to the corner of Georgia and Florida Avenues just outside the LeDroit Park Historic District. Douglas Development Corporation, the building’s owner and one of the...
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Several Groundbreakings in August
Developers of several large projects in Shaw adhere to the Macbeth method when promising groundbreakings: tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow. But this summer is shaping up— keep your fingers crossed—...
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This email came through the neighborhood listserv. On Saturday evening at 7pm en route to Shaw metro north entrance, I was jumped from behind and wrestled to the ground by a teenage thief trying to...
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7th & T was always the seedier end of the U Street corridor
This is the second in a series on the Scurlock photo archive. Read the first entry. During the Jazz Age of the 1920s and later into the 1930s, U Street was dubbed the “black Broadway” as it featured...
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Meet Eleanor Holmes Norton in LeDroit Park on Tuesday
Come meet Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D – DC) at Tuesday’s meeting of the LeDroit Park Civic Association. The meeting will be on Tuesday, March 27 at 7 pm at the Florida Avenue Baptist Church (enter at...
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Howard Theatre encourages private parking
To reduce the liklihood that patrons will park on residential streets around the Howard Theatre, the theatre will sell prepaid private parking through Ticketmaster. The passes are for private lots...
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UNCF and restaurants open at the Shaw Metro
The much-anticipated Progression Place, the development at the Shaw Metro is nearing completion. The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) moved into the office building back in October, purchasing half...
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More retailers on board for Progression Place
Progression Place’s retail spaces are nearly leased out. Here is a list of what’s coming: Wanda’s—The hair salon that existed before construction started. SiTea— The second location for this...
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Three new restaurants and one beer garden open in Shaw
The opening of new restaurants on 14th Street has been prolific enough to merit attention from the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. These papers might want to turn their attention to Shaw,...
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